Quint Essential Hand Stitching Tutorial

There are Quint Essential Stitches that every professional tailor and seamstress utilize to make all garments. 1. BLANKET STITCH: Used to finish ends of heavy materials. This is a whip stitch with a looped around catch to create a square decorative finish. 2. RUNNING STITCH: Great for basting materials together, creating ruffles, and is the oldest known stitch to humans. Simply weave in and out the needle pulling the thread through. Pull too tight and a gather forms. 3. BACKSTITCH: Most common used for sewing due to its security. Starting with the in-out weave of a single running stitch pulled tight, push the needle back in where you came out. Finish by weaving the needle back up, pull the thread taught and repeat. 4. WHIP STITCH: Utilized for basting and felling, the whip stitch is similar to the blanket stitch. The difference is the thread line up is diagonal rather than parallel. 5. HEM STITCH: Used for your everyday fold over hems and felling of seams. Similar to the whip stitch with the diagonal thread stitches, however done with folded over hem. 6. BLIND HEM STITCH: Perfect for repairing seams and tears. As the name suggests this stitch is invisible once completed. Using the running stitch in-out weave method, you weave one stitch into the first layer of material, and then with close proximity in location (like a ladder) you weave one stitch into the other layer of material. When you pull the thread tight the seam/tear will “zip” close and a blind hem will appear.